1 minute Spaza shop owners have come out in their numbers at Paradise Hall for the registration drive launched by Mangaung Metro in Bloemfontein, Free State. Spaza shop owners were given 21 days by President Cyril Ramaphosa to register their businesses, two weeks ago. Some of the owners are calling for an extension of the…
1 minute The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has raided the La Lucia mansion in Durban owned by socialite, businesswoman, philanthropist and television personality Shauwn Mkhize, also known as Mam’Mkhize. SARS has obtained a preservation order and search and seizure warrant from the Durban High Court in a case against the businesswoman. SARS says the…
Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile. 1 minute Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile says his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement will make additional resources to deal with unavoidable costs. Maile delivered the province’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement in Johannesburg this morning. He says the adjustments will protect frontline services and curb…
An Eskom prepaid electricity meter box. 2 minutes Residents around the City of Mbombela, Mpumalanga, are pleading with the power utility, Eskom, to assist them in upgrading their electricity meters. Long queues have formed outside the Eskom offices as customers seek help to recode their meter boxes. Eskom announced an extension of the deadline for…
[File photo] 2 minutes Several foreign-owned spaza shops have been closed in Soweto after they were found with expired food items and non-labelled goods. City of Joburg officials together with the police raided spaza shops in Dobsonville and Diepkloof on Friday. The raids follow incidents of foodborne illnesses that have claimed the lives of more…
Shaft 10 exit used by 14 illegal mine workers to emerge from underground. 2 minutes The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the main application launched by organisation, Society for the Protection of our Constitution, amid the operation by law enforcement officials to have suspected illegal miners resurface at the Stilfontein mine shaft in…
A close up of the shaft 10 exit used by 14 illegal mine workers to emerge from underground. 2 minutes The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the application launched by the Society for the Protection of Our Constitution in the Stilfontein matter. The parties appeared in court last week Thursday seeking relief for the…
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi addresses the Africa Tech Fest on November 12, 2024. 2 minutes Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says the funding of what he calls “dual illumination” of TV signals poses a serious threat to meeting the deadline for analogue switch-off. Dual illumination is the operation of analogue…
Residents of Diepkloof in Soweto queue in long lines for assistance with recoding of the prepaid electricity meters on 25 November 2024. 2 minutes The Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC) has accused Eskom and government of creating unnecessary panic regarding the recoding of prepaid electricity meters. Residents of Soweto started queuing outside Eskom service centres last week…
A police officer is pictured inside a spaza shop during a compliance visit. 3 minutes The African Transformation Movement (ATM) is calling for government to close all spaza shops and revitalise the citizen-run township economy to ensure economic stability and security. The party says in light of the recent declaration of a national disaster due…
